. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . kea pack of hounds upon this parapet, and beholding fsqm it the outburst of the tempest and the waters. 3 The translation is uncertain: the text refers to a legend which has not come down to us, inwhich Ishtar is related to iiave counselled the destruction of men. 4 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a Chaldœan intaglio (G. Smith, Chaldsean Account of theDeluge, p. 283). 5 The Anunnaki represent here the evil genii whom the gods that produced the deluge had letloose, and whom Ramman, Nebo, Merodacb, Nergal, and Ninib, all the followers of Bel, had led
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . kea pack of hounds upon this parapet, and beholding fsqm it the outburst of the tempest and the waters. 3 The translation is uncertain: the text refers to a legend which has not come down to us, inwhich Ishtar is related to iiave counselled the destruction of men. 4 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a Chaldœan intaglio (G. Smith, Chaldsean Account of theDeluge, p. 283). 5 The Anunnaki represent here the evil genii whom the gods that produced the deluge had letloose, and whom Ramman, Nebo, Merodacb, Nergal, and Ninib, all the followers of Bel, had ledto the attack upon men : the others deities shared the fears and grief of Ishtar in regard to the ravageswhich these Anunnaki had brought about (cf. below, pp. 634-G36 of this History). 8 Hatjpt, Das Babylonische Nimrodepos, pp. 138, 139, 11. 97-127. ; T have adopted, in the translation of this difficult passage, the meaning suggested by Haupt\Nachtiage und Bericlitigungen, in the Beitrcige zur Atsyriologie, vol. i. pp. 321, 322), according to. 570 ANCIENT CE ALB ^1 A. the hatchway and the light fell upon my face ; I sank down, I cowered, I wept,and my tears ran down my cheeks when I beheld the world all terror and allsea. At the end of twelve days, a point of land stood up from the waters, theship touched the land of Nisir the mountain of Nisir stopped the ship andpermitted it to float no longer. One day, two days, the mountain of Nisirstopped the ship and permitted it to float no longer. Three days, four days,the mountain of Nisir stopped the ship and permitted it to float no days, six days, the mountain of Nisir stopped the ship and permittedit to float no longer. The seventh day, at dawn, I took out a dove and let itgo : the dove went, turned about, and as there was no place to alight upon,came back. I took out a shallow and let it go : the swallow went, turnedabout, and as there was no place to alight upon, came back. I took out araven and let it go : the rave
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